Re: Dr. Ponseti's response to my question

[Guest guest]

That is so interesting to me because Dr. Ponseti told me that Kelsey

still had to wear the shoes for 3 months even though she was already

beginning to walk and was 1 year old.

Jenni

onemorebb wrote:

>My son just had his tenotomy last week and will be getting the DBB in

>two weeks. Our doctor said he would have to wear them full-time for 2

>months. I wasn't sure that was long enough, so I e-mailed Dr.

>Ponseti. He said our doctor probably said two months because my son

>is a year old. He said after two months he could drop down to 18-20

>hours/day.

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>I sent him pictures of my son's casted feet. He said they looked well-

>casted, but he thought they might be atypical because they are so

>short. He suggested we might want to try the Markell shoes if we have

>trouble with the others.

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[Guest guest]

Jenni,

Don't get upset with the difference. Remember each case is different

in that perhaps maybe 's feet were well corrected but just

needed the tenotomy and Kelsey needed both therefore longer wear in

the DBB? Not sure what the case. I don't read every post but just

suggesting some possibilities.

KK

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> >My son just had his tenotomy last week and will be getting the DBB

in

> >two weeks. Our doctor said he would have to wear them full-time

for 2

> >months. I wasn't sure that was long enough, so I e-mailed Dr.

> >Ponseti. He said our doctor probably said two months because my

son

> >is a year old. He said after two months he could drop down to 18-

20

> >hours/day.

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> >I sent him pictures of my son's casted feet. He said they looked

well-

> >casted, but he thought they might be atypical because they are so

> >short. He suggested we might want to try the Markell shoes if we

have

> >trouble with the others.

> >

> > and 11/10/03 bilateral clubfeet

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[Guest guest]

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> Jenni,

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> Don't get upset with the difference. Remember each case is

different

> in that perhaps maybe 's feet were well corrected but just

> needed the tenotomy and Kelsey needed both therefore longer wear in

> the DBB? Not sure what the case. I don't read every post but just

> suggesting some possibilities.

>

> KK

That could be it. HIs doctor was very happy with the way his feet

looked after the tenotomy, in fact he said we were " golden " . But I'm

going to ask him when we get the DBB if he's sure that two months is

long enough. He may suggest an extra month just to be sure.

and 11/10/03 bilateral clubfeet